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Human And Social Services Assistants Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

About 339,000 human and social services assistants are employed nationally. Workers can expect a low level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 4% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Part-time human and social services assistants are 12% of all surveyed.

Education

Workers often obtain moderate-term on-the-job training before starting. The percentage of employees with college degrees is 58%. Human and social services assistants with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 26% of the total. Some workers, about 16%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for employees include Duluth (Minnesota), St. George (Utah), and Ithaca (New York). Fewer are found in Nashua (New Hampshire), Amarillo (Texas), and Cedar Rapids (Iowa). Human and social services assistants looking for high salaries should look at Bridgeport (Connecticut), Hartford (Connecticut), and Oakland (California), and should avoid Parkersburg (West Virginia), Coeur d'Alene (Idaho), and Wichita Falls (Texas).

Detailed local employment conditions for Human And Social Services Assistants in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Human And Social Services Assistants

Employment info for Human And Social Services Assistants, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston0.8480$25,000
AlabamaAuburn1.4120$24,000
AlabamaBirmingham0.7800$28,000
AlabamaDecatur0.8690$29,000
AlabamaDothan0.92120$25,000
AlabamaFlorence1.19120$23,000
AlabamaGadsden1.4890$27,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.47200$26,000
AlabamaMobile0.97370$28,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.48530$25,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa0.5590
AlaskaAnchorage1.25420$36,000
AlaskaFairbanks2.2130$34,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.06110$26,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.472,000$32,000
ArizonaPrescott0.95120$31,000
ArizonaTucson1.221,010$30,000
ArizonaYuma0.5870$29,000
ArkansasFayetteville1.27540$24,000
ArkansasFort Smith1.12270$24,000
ArkansasHot Springs2.05140$29,000
ArkansasJonesboro3.11290$22,000
ArkansasLittle Rock2.331,700$24,000
ArkansasPine Bluff2.75180$28,000
CaliforniaChico2.19320$25,000
CaliforniaEl Centro0.9290$32,000
CaliforniaFresno1.561,130$30,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.736,860$32,000
CaliforniaMadera1.65110$30,000
CaliforniaMerced1.62190$23,000
CaliforniaModesto1.8630
CaliforniaNapa0.4860$33,000
CaliforniaOakland1.272,920$42,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.58390$31,000
CaliforniaRedding0.89120$33,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.712,080$28,000
CaliforniaSacramento1.493,010$34,000
CaliforniaSalinas1.18380$36,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.792,370$29,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.912,000$34,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.971,980$33,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.7150$30,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.481,680$30,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1.63580$32,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1.3230$36,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.77320$30,000
CaliforniaStockton1.8820$33,000
CaliforniaVallejo0.7180$37,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.11320$28,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.28100$27,000
ColoradoBoulder1.28430$30,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.67370$28,000
ColoradoDenver0.611,710$33,000
ColoradoFort Collins0.54140$29,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.83210$22,000
ColoradoGreeley1.71260$24,000
ColoradoPueblo2.24230$27,000
ConnecticutBridgeport1.861,800$40,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.28180$50,000
ConnecticutHartford1.752,220$43,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.971,190$36,000
ConnecticutNorwich2.69690$34,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.63230$36,000
DelawareDover2.33260$28,000
DelawareWilmington1.23890$30,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.814,210$35,000
FloridaCape Coral0.54250$29,000
FloridaDeltona0.79270$27,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.751,260$32,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach0.4370$29,000
FloridaGainesville0.95220$27,000
FloridaJacksonville0.52710$30,000
FloridaLakeland0.6260$29,000
FloridaMiami0.821,830$30,000
FloridaNaples0.66180$29,000
FloridaOcala0.6120$28,000
FloridaOrlando0.32770$29,000
FloridaPalm Bay0.49210$28,000
FloridaPanama City0.93130$26,000
FloridaPensacola1.96650$23,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.04290$23,000
FloridaPunta Gorda0.6550$35,000
FloridaSarasota0.74460$29,000
FloridaTallahassee1.05370$24,000
FloridaTampa0.762,150$27,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach0.58730$31,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.27150
GeorgiaAthens0.73110$25,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.733,950$28,000
GeorgiaAugusta2.21970$24,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.31100$25,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.08250$29,000
GeorgiaDalton1.01160$23,000
GeorgiaGainesville0.92120$29,000
GeorgiaHinesville4.0680$26,000
GeorgiaMacon1.71350$22,000
GeorgiaRome170$27,000
GeorgiaSavannah0.62200$27,000
GeorgiaValdosta0.9390$25,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins0.9490$24,000
HawaiiHonolulu1.371,290$31,000
IdahoBoise1.751,020$22,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.02100$21,000
IdahoIdaho Falls2.94270$19,000
IdahoLewiston1.0240$34,000
IdahoPocatello1.0360$31,000
IllinoisBloomington0.76100$26,000
IllinoisChampaign0.4580$24,000
IllinoisChicago0.564,850$30,000
IllinoisDecatur0.4540$30,000
IllinoisKankakee1.77130$29,000
IllinoisPeoria1.36480$28,000
IllinoisRockford1.26400$27,000
IllinoisSpringfield0.62130$25,000
IndianaBloomington0.94130$25,000
IndianaColumbus0.7660$26,000
IndianaElkhart0.47130$28,000
IndianaEvansville0.51190$26,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.92890$25,000
IndianaGary0.59360$26,000
IndianaIndianapolis0.46910$29,000
IndianaLafayette0.690$29,000
IndianaMuncie0.9790$27,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.16340$25,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.11150$28,000
IowaAmes1.38100$23,000
IowaCedar Rapids0.1440$28,000
IowaDavenport0.75290$23,000
IowaDes Moines1.35950$27,000
IowaDubuque0.96100$21,000
IowaIowa City1.08150$24,000
IowaSioux City1.06150$23,000
IowaWaterloo1.51250$20,000
KansasTopeka2.15480$26,000
KansasWichita1.14750$26,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.38150$27,000
KentuckyLexington0.57300$29,000
KentuckyLouisville0.66890$26,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.62150$24,000
LouisianaAlexandria2.08240$33,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.471,160$29,000
LouisianaHouma0.94180$31,000
LouisianaLafayette0.69200$32,000
LouisianaLake Charles0.95170$31,000
LouisianaMonroe1.03160$33,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.87960$30,000
LouisianaShreveport1.37490$30,000
MaineBangor5.56710$24,000
MaineLewiston4.64440$27,000
MainePortland3.671,550$23,000
MarylandBaltimore1.193,430$35,000
MarylandBethesda0.91,120$34,000
MarylandHagerstown0.72150$27,000
MarylandSalisbury1.58160$30,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.65340$33,000
MassachusettsBoston1.786,800$32,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.79320$36,000
MassachusettsFramingham1.31440$31,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.58250$30,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.89220$35,000
MassachusettsLeominster2.76270$31,000
MassachusettsLowell1.22300$33,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford3.72460$28,000
MassachusettsPittsfield2.22150$31,000
MassachusettsSpringfield2.821,860$31,000
MassachusettsTaunton2.54230$34,000
MassachusettsWorcester3.641,990$29,000
MichiganAnn Arbor0.6220$39,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.74170$32,000
MichiganBay City1.91120$28,000
MichiganDetroit1.442,390$31,000
MichiganFlint1.29390$30,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.97820$30,000
MichiganJackson2.78300$30,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.24370$28,000
MichiganLansing1.23530$31,000
MichiganMonroe0.9370$28,000
MichiganNiles0.83100$29,000
MichiganSaginaw0.97160$29,000
MichiganWarren1.012,660$27,000
MinnesotaDuluth8.022,140$27,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis2.389,670$29,000
MinnesotaRochester2.31390$27,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud2.02410$24,000
MississippiGulfport0.55120$33,000
MississippiHattiesburg2.62300$27,000
MississippiJackson0.73400$24,000
MissouriColumbia0.79130$22,000
MissouriJefferson City0.6490$23,000
MissouriKansas City0.751,720$27,000
MissouriSpringfield0.26110$25,000
MissouriSt Joseph0.5450$22,000
MissouriSt Louis0.391,200$25,000
MontanaBillings3.54580$24,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.87120$24,000
MontanaMissoula1.72180$22,000
NebraskaLincoln2.12710$25,000
NebraskaOmaha1.971,990$29,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.37770$28,000
NevadaReno0.81380$30,000
New HampshireManchester1.71350$28,000
New HampshireNashua0.1750$28,000
New HampshirePortsmouth1.4160$30,000
New HampshireRochester0.5660$26,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.4410$32,000
New JerseyCamden1.621,920$31,000
New JerseyEdison0.671,520$31,000
New JerseyNewark0.881,990$30,000
New JerseyOcean City0.5140$29,000
New JerseyTrenton1.15540$33,000
New JerseyVineland2.79320$39,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.87740$28,000
New MexicoFarmington0.770$26,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.2140$25,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.42150$29,000
New YorkAlbany1.61,540$29,000
New YorkBinghamton1.98450$29,000
New YorkBuffalo1.11,300$25,000
New YorkElmira1.83130$36,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.12110$27,000
New YorkIthaca6.8510$29,000
New YorkKingston2.37280$35,000
New YorkNassau1.263,500$27,000
New YorkNew York1.3915,750$29,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie2.011,050$33,000
New YorkRochester1.862,060$28,000
New YorkSyracuse1.571,040$26,000
New YorkUtica2530$31,000
North CarolinaAsheville2.661,010$30,000
North CarolinaBurlington0.87100$24,000
North CarolinaCharlotte1.112,170$26,000
North CarolinaDurham1.32760$29,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.17290$25,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro3.28250$25,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.85700$26,000
North CarolinaGreenville2.5350$26,000
North CarolinaHickory1.85660$27,000
North CarolinaJacksonville1.61120$25,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.771,980$25,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount0.5970$22,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.76230$25,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.8840$27,000
North DakotaBismarck2.21240$25,000
North DakotaFargo1.76420$26,000
North DakotaGrand Forks3.42330$23,000
OhioAkron0.54400$24,000
OhioCanton0.55200$23,000
OhioCincinnati0.541,250$28,000
OhioCleveland0.671,610$26,000
OhioColumbus0.661,360$28,000
OhioDayton0.72630$27,000
OhioSpringfield1.49140$27,000
OhioToledo0.68480$30,000
OhioYoungstown1.1570$25,000
OklahomaOklahoma City0.58730$33,000
OklahomaTulsa0.41380$29,000
OregonBend1.16160$28,000
OregonCorvallis5.33300$22,000
OregonEugene1.51480$29,000
OregonMedford1.23210$28,000
OregonPortland1.152,680$28,000
OregonSalem1.27400$30,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1730$24,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona0.4150$30,000
PennsylvaniaErie2.94800$27,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.71,110$36,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown2.72310$21,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.03520$28,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.024,260$27,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.33,320$25,000
PennsylvaniaReading0.66230$28,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.25710$24,000
PennsylvaniaState College1.53180$27,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.64160$27,000
PennsylvaniaYork0.55210$29,000
Rhode IslandProvidence2.673,460$28,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.28150$24,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.41890$22,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.09830$25,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.46260$20,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.45300$30,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.48120$29,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg0.3590$28,000
South CarolinaSumter0.6240$27,000
South DakotaRapid City0.91110$23,000
South DakotaSioux Falls0.56160$21,000
TennesseeChattanooga0.64310$28,000
TennesseeClarksville0.3250$26,000
TennesseeJackson0.7580$20,000
TennesseeJohnson City0.3960$22,000
TennesseeKingsport0.59140$26,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.47340$27,000
TennesseeMemphis0.37520$26,000
TennesseeNashville0.54920$27,000
TexasAbilene0.4250$21,000
TexasAmarillo0.1530$29,000
TexasAustin0.43710$25,000
TexasBeaumont0.39130$26,000
TexasBrownsville0.83210$19,000
TexasCorpus Christi0.41150$22,000
TexasDallas0.241,100$25,000
TexasFort Worth0.23430$24,000
TexasHouston0.291,620$28,000
TexasKilleen1.05250$33,000
TexasLaredo0.2540$24,000
TexasLongview0.4380$25,000
TexasMcallen0.49220$19,000
TexasMidland0.98120$20,000
TexasSan Antonio0.44800$22,000
TexasTexarkana2.48240$20,000
TexasTyler0.3260$21,000
TexasVictoria0.4440$29,000
TexasWaco0.71140$24,000
TexasWichita Falls0.8290$15,000
UtahOgden2.811,150$22,000
UtahProvo2.45880$21,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.522,050$23,000
UtahSt George7.37700$21,000
VermontBurlington2.68610$30,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.19130$26,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.98190$23,000
VirginiaLynchburg0.91190$28,000
VirginiaRichmond1.572,120$26,000
VirginiaRoanoke0.56190$22,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.41690$30,000
WashingtonBellingham1.13180$26,000
WashingtonBremerton1.12180$26,000
WashingtonKennewick1.13200$25,000
WashingtonLongview1.1170$26,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.21100$26,000
WashingtonOlympia1.34260$27,000
WashingtonSeattle0.692,200$29,000
WashingtonSpokane2.07930$23,000
WashingtonTacoma1.34790$32,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.68130$26,000
WashingtonYakima2.2360$24,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.62500$19,000
West VirginiaHuntington2.16510$18,000
West VirginiaMorgantown3.14310$16,000
West VirginiaParkersburg2.32320$19,000
West VirginiaWeirton0.6450$19,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.78230$19,000
WisconsinAppleton0.79190$33,000
WisconsinEau Claire0.99150$36,000
WisconsinFond1.61130
WisconsinGreen Bay1.11390$34,000
WisconsinJanesville1.2160$29,000
WisconsinLa Crosse2.11300$27,000
WisconsinMilwaukee1.112,140$30,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.78300$30,000
WisconsinRacine2.24350$32,000
WisconsinSheboygan0.3640$39,000
WyomingCasper0.7350$22,000
WyomingCheyenne3.99300$22,000

 

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